Louis Lerambert
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Louis Lerambert was a French sculptor in a numerous Parisian family of four generations of court artists who in 1637 inherited the court position caring for the Antiquities and Marbles of the King, which had become hereditary in his family. He trained in the atelier of Simon Vouet
, recently returned from Rome; there he met the sculptor Jacques Sarazin.
Louis Lerambert received court commissions under Louis XIII
and Louis XIV of France
in the three current sculptural genres, overmantels and decorative sculpture, portrait busts and tomb figures. Lerambert was received into the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1664. Among the few surviving examples of his non-royal works are stucco decorations in the chapel at the château de Bonnes (later Chamarande), Essone, executed ca 1660 for the royal secretary Pierre Mérault; allegorical bas-reliefs of Memory and Meditation for the tomb of Jean Courtin and his wife in Saint-Solenne, Blois, (1660) moved to the cathedral; and holy water stoup of conjoined putti's heads at St-Germain-l'Auxerrois, Paris.
, notably for the rustic comedies in stone of the "Petite Commande" of 1664, much of which was eliminated in later, grander garden projects and is known only through the meticulously kept records of the Bâtiments du Roi
and the engravings of Jean Le Pautre
. Among his works still at Versailles are a pair of marble sphinxes on the Parterre des Fleurs (1667–8), carved in collaboration with Jacques Houzeau following a model provided by Jacques Sarazin, and six of the fountain basins supported with trios of playing putti, musician, child term figure
s for the Parterre d’Eau. Antoine Coysevox
, who married his niece, was his most prominent pupil.
Lerambert's daughter married the painter Noël Quillerier
.
Simon Vouet
Simon Vouet was a French painter and draftsman, who today is perhaps best remembered for helping to introduce the Italian Baroque style of painting to France.-Life:...
, recently returned from Rome; there he met the sculptor Jacques Sarazin.
Louis Lerambert received court commissions under Louis XIII
Louis XIII of France
Louis XIII was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and of Navarre from 1610 to 1643.Louis was only eight years old when he succeeded his father. His mother, Marie de Medici, acted as regent during Louis' minority...
and Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV , known as Louis the Great or the Sun King , was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre. His reign, from 1643 to his death in 1715, began at the age of four and lasted seventy-two years, three months, and eighteen days...
in the three current sculptural genres, overmantels and decorative sculpture, portrait busts and tomb figures. Lerambert was received into the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1664. Among the few surviving examples of his non-royal works are stucco decorations in the chapel at the château de Bonnes (later Chamarande), Essone, executed ca 1660 for the royal secretary Pierre Mérault; allegorical bas-reliefs of Memory and Meditation for the tomb of Jean Courtin and his wife in Saint-Solenne, Blois, (1660) moved to the cathedral; and holy water stoup of conjoined putti's heads at St-Germain-l'Auxerrois, Paris.
At Versailles
He was among the first generation of sculptors providing sculpture for the château of VersaillesPalace of Versailles
The Palace of Versailles , or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France. In French it is the Château de Versailles....
, notably for the rustic comedies in stone of the "Petite Commande" of 1664, much of which was eliminated in later, grander garden projects and is known only through the meticulously kept records of the Bâtiments du Roi
Bâtiments du Roi
The Bâtiments du Roi was a division of Department of the household of the Kings of France in France under the Ancien Régime. It was responsible for building works at the King's residences in and around Paris.-History:...
and the engravings of Jean Le Pautre
Jean le Pautre
Jean le Pautre was a French designer and engraver. Le Pautre was an apprentice to a carpenter and builder. In addition to learning mechanical and constructive work, he developed considerable skill with the pencil...
. Among his works still at Versailles are a pair of marble sphinxes on the Parterre des Fleurs (1667–8), carved in collaboration with Jacques Houzeau following a model provided by Jacques Sarazin, and six of the fountain basins supported with trios of playing putti, musician, child term figure
Term (architecture)
In Classical architecture a term or terminal figure is a human head and bust that continues as a square tapering pillarlike form. If the bust is of Hermes as protector of boundaries in ancient Greek culture, with male genitals interrupting the plain base at the appropriate height, it may be...
s for the Parterre d’Eau. Antoine Coysevox
Antoine Coysevox
Charles Antoine Coysevox , French sculptor, was born at Lyon, and belonged to a family which had emigrated from Spain...
, who married his niece, was his most prominent pupil.
Lerambert's daughter married the painter Noël Quillerier
Noël Quillerier
Noël Quillerier was a French painter who also served as a valet de chambre for the king. A native of Orléans, in 1631 he married Charlotte Lerambert, the daughter of sculptor Louis Lerambert...
.